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Old 06-11-03, 12:31 PM   #1
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Question Gravid Honduran?

has anyone ever had a gravid honduran eat right up until she laid???

this is my first year breeding hondos and one female that i was 90% sure was gravid just took a decent sized meal

i have experiened this with corns before, but i just wanted to know if this is common in hondos......Im starting to doubt my original thought that she was gravid

any help is appreciated

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Old 06-11-03, 12:47 PM   #2
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I've had them eat small meals but not large ones.
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I feed them VERY LIGHTLY up to pre-lay but only about 50-60% of them eat anything within a month of being gravid.

And I always offer smallish food items, so I have no idea if they'd eat a bigger one.

Interesting though. Colubrids are hard to tell when gravid. Not like a python at all. Which is strange, because Hondo eggs are so damn big!

Wait it out Matt. They lay 6-9 days after pre-lay so its not like the wait is too long.
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thanks guys, hopefully she is gravid!
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